Problem: AUBSUK multiple scan list
The scan lists aren’t combining correctly on AUBSUK firmware. It’s skipping entries based on ordering. I realized I was missing most of simplex channels, but seeing the GMRS channels, when I enabled my “simplex” scan list in combo with primary repeaters. There’s an existing issue logged, but it’s hard to describe and to reproduce, I think.
Trying the Next Firmware, F4HWN 3.7
F4HWN is available on GitHub. I loaded it on both radios in place of AUBSUK to see how I get along. I’ve found a few features I really like:
- Scan on start: if it’s scanning when I switch it off, it’ll scanning when switched on.
- 3 scan lists: 1, 2, 3, 123, 0, all
- they don’t recombine as freely, but I have:
- simplex, repeaters, satellites on 1
- GMRS on 3
- they don’t recombine as freely, but I have:
- scan is just as fast as others, so we’ll see if it’s tolerable.
- “main only” display is nice, much easier to read.
- spectrum analyzer with scan range,
but I can’t assign it to a button.
- Fn-5 is only way to activate it.
I think the S-meter is calibrated much differently from AUBSUK, and other firmwares I’ve loaded, calibration for VHF/UHF vs HF, The S-meter seems to read higher than I expect with lots of S9+.
The spectrum analyzer with a range seems wonky at times: it may be scanning the entire range, but the graph doesn’t seem all there. I noticed it with the scan of 144MHz-148MHz.